Day 2 – my reading essentials: At any moment more books than I can read, a cool drink and some (seasonal) fruit

Day 3 – a well worn book:The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is my most worn book, not because all the love I gave it, I only read it once, but because I swiped it into a full bath with a towel after reading in bath. It took a whole lot of drying and putting weights on it before it would fit again in the box with the other books of the series…

Day 5 – Childhood Book:De Griezelbus. I was planning on taking some photos of my childhood books when I was at my parent’s house today, but I completely forgot. Luckily I found this book at the Fnac store last week and took a picture of it. It’s part five of the Griezelbus, a series a loved as a child. I was obsesed with everything Paul Van Loon, Thais Teng and Eddy C. Bertin published. They all wrote scary stories for children ?

Day 6 – Pretty naked hardbacks: I must admit I’m often a bit disappointed with what publishers put under the paper wrapper. In Belgium a lot of hardbacks don’t have a wrapper, the cover is glued directly onto the hardboard. I think I like this more. No chance of losing our tearing the wrapper. I found four English books that looked very pretty naked: Miss Perigrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City, Seconds and the amazing I’ll Give You the Sun.

Day 7 – Books + pets: Loki flicking his tongue. I only had to take a couple hundred shots before I had this ok one. I could have spent the time reading… Also Loki looks cute and calm, but he’s very skittish and tearing up birds is a beloved hobby (and then eating them whole)

Day 8 – Chapter eight: After Clockwork Angel I immediately started reading Clockwork Prince and so far I like this one way better! And unlike the last one I have a physical copy of this one. Bought it a couple of days ago at the Boekenfestijn, €4 for a hardback copy. Couldn’t leave it behind, although it helped that the cover is so pretty. 🙂

Day 9 – Favourite Classic Read:Pride & Prejudice. It’s been many years since I read the book and although I liked it I haven’t read many other classics. I read maybe two other Jane Austen books and that’s about it. I need to do something about that!

So, those were the first nine day of the July Bookish Photo Challenge. If you’re up for it you can still participate. If you don’t want to wait until the next Photo challenge update you can find all my pictures on my Instagram or you can use the #julybookphoto15 hashtag to keep yourself updated.